Supposed to be taking things slow and easy, because of the old back....yeah, riiight...Sharpened a few chisels this morning.....rested the back a bit..

hey, even a gouge!   Got bored, wandered down to the shop....looking for more chisels....decided to plane a board instead.....got one side beveled, checked the width,,,needed a full inch removed, time for the bandsaw, as I am NOT jack planing that much white oak..

Note the table?  that is the angle of the dangle I needed.  bandsaw was faster, but, I still had to run a plane along all the curvy spots.  That saw in the background, doing it's usual photobombing?   needed that later.  Got the oak panel to fit.  Laid out a couple dados..

Figured I could just use a couple screws to hold ahandle in place, easier to change out, IF the handle breaks later.   Still need to drill some holes for fat fingers, but..

Checking to see how things fit, tried out the wedges for the clamps..

Will glue this mess up later, as soon as i get another bottle of glue....will then take a plane along all the top edges, until they are flat.  Plane the dovetails til they look like new.....well spiffy anyway.  Might even plane the bottom edges...

After that?  we'll see.   depends on the back...

Now that's a right nice lookin' tote!

I like the tapered sides.   There is no better design  to facilitate fishing things out from the bottom of a box.

 I may  run with that for all my future totes.

I'm glad you posted this tote  build.

 

awesome!!!!